16-letter words containing ate
- sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
- solid state disk — (SSD)
Any kind of solid-state storage device that appears to the system as a disk drive. SSDs are more expensive that the same capacity of magnetic disk but have much shorter access time. - sooty shearwater — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- source materials — publications from which information is obtained
- state apartments — the most impressive rooms in a palace or mansion, used by royalty, or to receive visiting dignitaries
- state capitalism — a form of capitalism in which the central government controls most of the capital, industry, natural resources, etc.
- state department — state (def 12).
- state of affairs — situation
- state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
- state's attorney — (in judicial proceedings) the legal representative of the state.
- state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
- state-controlled — controlled by the government
- state-maintained — publicly funded
- state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- state-subsidized — partly paid for by the state; subsidized by the state
- stationary state — any of several energy states an atom may occupy without emitting electromagnetic radiation.
- styralyl acetate — methylphenylcarbinyl acetate.
- succession state — any of a number of usually new states that are established in or expand over the territory formerly ruled by one large state
- surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
- surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
- swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
- syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
- tent caterpillar — any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web.
- thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
- the beaver state — a name for the state of Oregon
- the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
- the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
- the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
- the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
- the state sector — the part of the economy that is controlled by the state
- thesis statement — a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.
- transubstantiate — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
- triacetate fiber — a textile fiber made of cellulose triacetate.
- trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
- uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- upper palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
- utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
- walking delegate — (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- water lily tulip — a showy tulip, Tulipa kaufmanniana, of Turkestan, having spreading, white or pale-yellow flowers with yellow centers streaked with red.
- water-base paint — latex paint.
- waterleaf family — the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
- waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
- well-appreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.